General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-	18,422 19.93%	6,621
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-3.57%	12,043 13.03%	5,055
Inclusion and Diversity	24	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-	5,187 5.61%	1,086
Analytical Skills	26	Down -18 places-18	£54,150	-1.54%	4,721 5.11%	2,736
Banking	32	Up 3 places+3	£85,000	+6.25%	4,197 4.54%	694
Marketing	35	Down -6 places-6	£47,500	-13.63%	4,043 4.37%	2,022
Public Sector	46	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	3,216 3.48%	1,268
Manufacturing	55	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-10.00%	2,814 3.04%	1,121
Retail	56	Down -24 places-24	£54,633	+9.26%	2,795 3.02%	1,298
Law	73	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+9.09%	2,339 2.53%	871
Legal	80	Down -14 places-14	£65,000	+11.11%	2,112 2.29%	1,066
Organisational Skills	104	Up 13 places+13	£38,000	-9.52%	1,666 1.80%	844
Telecoms	116	Up 29 places+29	£42,500	-	1,554 1.68%	679
Electronics	176	Down -111 places-111	£52,500	-8.69%	1,105 1.20%	490
Games	205	Up 8 places+8	£45,000	-10.00%	941 1.02%	463
Aerospace	215	Up 118 places+118	£55,000	+4.56%	899 0.97%	448
Influencing Skills	217	Up 26 places+26	£74,633	+16.61%	871 0.94%	449
Automotive	223	Up 124 places+124	£50,000	-0.10%	827 0.89%	369
Presentation Skills	232	Down -131 places-131	£58,350	+1.47%	776 0.84%	543
Advertising	277	Down -60 places-60	£47,000	-14.54%	622 0.67%	296
Pharmaceutical	291	Up 64 places+64	£60,000	+20.00%	590 0.64%	209
Local Government	295	Up 75 places+75	£55,000	+10.00%	574 0.62%	260
Back Office	365	Up 92 places+92	£55,000	-24.13%	432 0.47%	104
Documentation Skills	373	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	+4.81%	420 0.45%	218
Financial Institution	376	Down -147 places-147	£85,000	+1.19%	417 0.45%	195
Billing	402	Up 89 places+89	£40,000	-29.51%	376 0.41%	230
Multimedia	403	Up 200 places+200	£30,500	-15.27%	375 0.41%	327
Military	417	Down -8 places-8	£42,500	-22.72%	356 0.39%	199
Front Office	422	Down -237 places-237	£100,000	-13.04%	344 0.37%	119
Aviation	442	Up 79 places+79	£60,000	+12.14%	318 0.34%	107
French Language	448	Down -138 places-138	£45,000	-21.73%	308 0.33%	101
German Language	472	Down -174 places-174	£40,000	-44.82%	268 0.29%	119
Health Technology	507	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-9.43%	227 0.25%	85
Publishing	552	Down -83 places-83	£50,500	-21.09%	179 0.19%	115
Investment Banking	568	Down -226 places-226	£95,000	-15.55%	163 0.18%	105
Social Housing	590	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-8.33%	141 0.15%	59
Tech for Good	592	Down -82 places-82	£69,000	+7.81%	139 0.15%	28
Spanish Language	600	Up 19 places+19	£54,000	+2.85%	131 0.14%	62
Police	613	Down -78 places-78	£58,728	+12.68%	118 0.13%	41
Agriculture	624	Down -9 places-9	£43,500	-13.00%	107 0.12%	42
Digital Healthcare	638	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-7.69%	93 0.10%	28
Digital Health	644	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-	87 0.094%	58
Dutch Language	648	Down -216 places-216	£35,000	+1.39%	83 0.090%	22
Portuguese Language	648	Down -7 places-7	£58,250	+100.86%	83 0.090%	20
Fire and Rescue	655	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	+36.82%	76 0.082%	27
General Ledger	658	Down -58 places-58	£82,500	+13.79%	73 0.079%	58
Brand Awareness	659	Down -56 places-56	£55,000	+46.66%	72 0.078%	51
Italian Language	660	Down -32 places-32	£55,600	-24.61%	71 0.077%	30
Retail Banking	662	Down -111 places-111	£85,000	+1.70%	69 0.075%	24
Mandarin Language	672	Down -55 places-55	£47,500	-17.39%	59 0.064%	28